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Pankaj Mishra Quotes

A free and rooted society ought to consist of a web of moral obligations. We have the right to ignore them, but we ought to be actually obliged not to let other people starve or to let them lapse into destitution.

Pankaj Mishra

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: indian
Birth: 1969

Topics

People Society Free Ignore Moral

I was always aware of 'Doctor Who,' but I didn't grow up with it.

Matt Smith

Doctor Grow Grow Up Always Up Aware

I love Lorde's music.

Sigrid

Love Music I Love

I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.

Tony Bennett

Best World American Still Performers

I'm very influenced by the work of George Martin and the string arrangements that he did for the Beatles.

Tom Kitt

Work Beatles He String Did Very

I think there's this idea that the depth of an actor's performance is built on tough times or horrible events or isolation, but I never found that. I figured that my imagination coupled with the story can get me anywhere.

Milo Ventimiglia

Tough Times Imagination Me Isolation

Often, I can scarcely hear any one speaking to me; the tones yes, but not the actual words; yet as soon as any one shouts, it is unbearable. What will come of all this, heaven only knows!

Ludwig van Beethoven

Words Me Heaven I Can Will Yes

Sometimes you can do things with Spanish - like verbs and genders - easier than you can in English.

Juan Felipe Herrera

You Sometimes Things English Easier

I work out with a trainer five days a week.

Jordana Brewster

Work Week Out Days Trainer Work Out

Bob Dylan has and Einstein had their own way of perceiving the universe and translating it for us.

Johnny Flynn

Universe Way Own Us Bob Dylan Bob

Cristin Milioti! Who you might know from 'How I Met Your Mother' or 'The Wolf of Wall Street.' A pure delight.

Christopher McCulloch

Mother Wolf You Wall Know Street

Every country wants to protect its athletes because it's ultimately Germany vs. Spain, America vs. China; sports are an extension of the government because of national pride.

Bryan Fogel

Sports Government Pride America

That's one of my favorite things about Twitter: You can tweak your feed into a fabulous novelty engine. That's only one thing you can do with it, but it's one of the things I find most entertaining about it.

William Gibson

You Find Fabulous Engine Things